hrp0082p1-d1-180 | Perinatal and Neonatal Endocrinology | ESPE2014

Long-Term Cognitive Effects from Dexamethasone-Treated Pregnancies

Shaytarova Anna , Khramova Elena , Suplotova Lyudmila

Background: In most countries of the world the prenatal glucocorticoid treatment to prevent reproductive losses in hyperandrogenic pregnancies has been found non-efficient. In Russia, up to present, dexamethasone has been listed in the standard threapy of pregnancy noncarrying risk of hyperandrogenic women. Simultaneuously, during the last decade the safety of treating pregnant women with synthetic glucocorticoids has been the subject-matter of intense debates considering poss...